Donald F. Elliott Sr  

Donald Finley Elliott Birth 15 MAR 1887 Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana Death 17 Feb 1947 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, son of James F. Elliot and Sarah Ann Connarroe

DONALD F. ELLIOTT

DONALD F. ELLIOTT, of Kokomo, has practiced law since 1912. There was no difficulty of choice of profession in his case, since his father had been a prominent Indiana lawyer for over thirty years.

Mr. Elliott is a member of the law firm McClure & Elliott, carrying on a practice that was started at Kokomo by Milton Bell in 1865 and was continued by partnership associations including some of the most eminent men of the Howard County bar, Judge Lex J. Kirkpatrick, Judge W. C. Purdum and others. It has been rather characteristic of the members of this firm that they have been steadfastly devoted to the law and have avoided politics, though at least two members served terms on the circuit bench. Mr. Elliott himself gives his entire time and energies to his law practice.

He was born at Kokomo March 15, 1887, son of Judge James F. and Sarah Ann (Connaroe) Elliott. His father was born in Preble County, Ohio, May 6, 1840, and died in May, 1909. He located at Kokomo in 1869, for many years practiced law there and served from 1902 until his death as judge of the Howard County Circuit Court. His wife, Sarah Ann Connaroe, was born in Preble County, Ohio, February 20, 1841, and died in August, 1911. Donald F. Elliott has a sister, Mary D., wife of Fred L. Trees, of St. Petersburg, Florida; a brother, Earl C., president of the California Water Service Company at San Francisco; and Paul S. El1iott, vice president of a water company at Marysville, Ohio.

Donald F. Elliott was educated in the public schools of Kokomo, graduated with the A. B. degree from DePauw University in 1909, and took his LL. B. degree at Columbia University of New York in 1912. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity of DePauw and the legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi of Columbia. During 1912-13 he remained in New York, associated with Charles Thaddeus Terry, one of America's great lawyers. In 1914 he returned to Kokomo and during 1915- 17 was in practice with J. C. Blacklidge. During 1917-22 he was associated with a glass company at Clarksburg, West Virginia, and then returned to Kokomo and became junior partner of the law firm Bell, Kirkpatrick, McClure & Elliott.

Mr. Elliott is a member of the Howard County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations, is a member of the Indiana Society of Chicago, the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and B. P. O. Elks, and a member of the Kokomo Country Club and the First Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican voter.

Mr. Elliott married, September 23, 1916, Miss Pauline Hoss, who was born at Kokomo June 13, 1892, daughter of Lora C. and Estella (Bernard) Hoss. They have four children: Sally, born February 23, 1918; Richard Hoss, born December 31, 1919; Donald F., born October 8, 1921; and Emily, born June 13, 1926. INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M. The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

Attorney Dead

Donald F. Elliott, 59, Was DePauw Graduate

KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 18-Donald F. Elliott, 59, retired Kokomo attorney, died at Phoenix, Ariz., Monday.

His burial is expected to be in Kokomo.

Mr. Elliott retired from practice a few years ago after becoming one of the most widely known lawyers of the Howard County Bar Association.

He went to Phoenix to live when he suffered a heart ailment.

The son of Judge James F. Elliott, he was a graduate of DePauw and Columbia Universities.

He began practicing law in New York but came here in 1914 with the legal firm of Bell and Kirkpatrick. Later he was a partner with Lloyd McClure, and after that in the Elliott and Fell firm.

He was a member of Kappa Psi, social fraternity; Phi Delta Phi, law fraternity; the Columbia Club, Indianapolis; the Kokomo Rotary Club, The Indiana Society of Chicago, the Kokomo Town Club and the Indiana and Howard County Bar Associations.

Surviving are the widow, four children, and a brother. - The Indianapolis News Tue, Feb 18, 1947 ·Page 7

Donald Elliott Died Monday in Arizona

Donald F. Elliott, former attorney of Kokomo and East Side Cottager, died Monday of a heart attack in Phoenix, Ariz., where he had been living this winter on account of his health.

Funeral services were held in Phoenix. Tuesday.

Surviving are the widow three daughters and two sons.

Both sons are graduates of the Culver Military Academy.- Culver Citizen Wed, Feb 19, 1947 ·Page 1

married - 23 Sep 1916 Howard County, Indiana Pauline Hoss Birth 13 JUNE 1892 Kokomo, Howard, Indiana Death 9 DECEMBER 1991 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, daughter of Lora E Hoss, Estella E Hoss

Chidlren:

Sally Elliot born February 23, 1918 Birth - Clarksburg, West Virginia Death: 30 Jul 2005 Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Richard Hoss ELLIOT Birth 31 DEC 1919 Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia Death 20 FEB 2011 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona married Maxine YEATMAN Birth 21 SEP 1924 Arkansas, USA Death 4 NOV 1992 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona



Donald Finley Elliot Birth: 8 Oct 1921 - Kokomo, Howard, Indiana Death: Abt 2004 married Dorothy Ann ---



Emily Elliot born 13 Jan 1926 - Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, Death: 13 Feb 2004 Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

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Meanwhile back in Clarksburg, Jerome Francois died in April, 1916, leaving the glass business to his two sons, Emil J. and John C., along with Earl Spraker, who had married his daughter. Apparently, the heirs soon tired of running a glass business, because, on Nov. 12, 1917,[126] they sold out to the Kokomo Opalescent Glass Co. Kokomo sent Donald F. Elliott to manage and Harry Wright to superintend the new acquisition, which was renamed the Kokomo Opalescent Glass Co. This factory continued producing stained glass for about another four years until it was closed down by the general decrease in demand that occurred after the War. On April 10, 1923, KOGC sold the property and buildings in Clarksburg to the Hart Bros. Machine Co. for $25,000.00.